Sanchez in my opinion is the better climber and time trial rider, when both are on equivalent form levels. Nibali in many ways has a more impressive palmares considering where he is in his career but I would still say Sanchez is the better OVERALL rider.

diggercuz wrote:second post ever after reading the forum for the last few years and one thing i must say, ACF94 is probably the most intelligent poster here, never biased to BMC or Cadel, and never gets worked up over anything.

The Father of Clean Cycling, Christophe Bassons wrote:When I look at cycling today, I get the impression that history is repeating itself: riders who are supposed to be rouleurs are climbing passes at the front of the race, and those who are supposed to be climbers are riding time trials at more than 50 kilometres per hour.